Happy Birthday Guy Ligier!

Happy Birthday to Guy Ligier, founder of the Equipe Ligier F1 team, who’s 80 today! Guy was born in Vichy, France on 12th July 1930. Originally his sporting interest lay in rugby, in which he did rather well playing for the French national team, but then decided he was more of a racer, first on [...]

Flavio awarded 15,000 Euro and F1 ban lifted

Flavio Briatore’s back in F1… or at least he could be after having his lifetime ban lifted.  He’s also been awarded 15,000 euro in compensation too.  Of course, this is a Formula 1 court case and no decision, outcome or conclusion can go unchallenged and it’s no surprise that now, as if the whole lie/crash/piquet-gate [...]

If I owned Formula One I would…

As with any global business, the chap at the top of the tree is going to attract a lot of attention, whether it be positive or negative and there will always have to be a time when they see fit to step down.  Now, it’s human nature to not want to let go of your [...]

Losing Face – The F1 Paddock Feels A Bit Empty Now

Fresh from delivering the head of Dennis, Mosley was now on the warpath with F1’s newest aggressor. This time, events outside of his control were to guarantee that arch-enemy Briatore’s downfall was all but signed.

SCRAPBOOK – Gilles: Enzo’s Favourite Entertainer

‘Well young man,’ Enzo Ferrari asked, ‘how much do you need to be content?’ This was the question posed to a surprised Gilles Villeneuve in his first meeting with Enzo, after he’d been summoned by phone from his home near Quebec, Canada. Who knows what financial deal was done, but here started a relationship that [...]

Flavio Briatore and the Chamber of Secrets

Understanding that people come to Formula One to watch exciting racing and not the advancement of lightweight composites and aerodynamic developments, Briatore was, love him or loathe him, always on the look out for ways in which to make the sport more interesting.

Farewell message for Flavio Briatore…

He was one of the few remaining legendary F1 bosses, well known for being ruthless yet fair and somewhat of a genius.  We still don’t know if he instigated the race-fixing crash at Singapore, but since he’s top of the Renault tree he’s had to resign.

If you would like to know more about Mr Briatore [...]

To the desert! – Will Mount Flavio erupt again?

Last week we saw another explosive outburst from the most outspoken man in F1, Renault boss Flavio Briatore. We’ve heard rumblings from him over the last few weeks on the Diffuser Debacle, but when the ruling didn’t go in his team’s favour he pretty much went berserk. Toyota and Williams (the other contested diffuser teams) [...]